Port the helm. To put the tiller to port, which turns the vessel's head to the right; to starboard the helm is the reverse.
Helm down. Tiller to leeward, vessel's head to windward; helm up, the reverse. See "Rudder."
Hull. The body of a vessel, as distinguished from the spars, or engines.
Hull, to. (Hulled.) A cannon ball striking the hull of a vessel is said to hull her.
Jib. See "Sails."
Jib-boom. See "Spars."
Keep, to. To keep off, or away, is to change course away from the wind or from an enemy. See "To bear up."
Large. See "Course."
Lee. The direction toward which the wind blows. "Under the lee of," protected from wind and sea by land, or by a vessel, interposed.
Lee Tide. See "Tide."